Home in Rogers Park, Edgewater

Why choose a home in Rogers Park & Edgewater

Rogers Park

For some it’s the abundance of beaches, for some it’s the great values in vintage apartments, for some it’s the diversity and culture that comes from its location between two universities. No one can say quite for sure what it is that makes Rogers Park uniquely Rogers Park.

Rogers Park is one of the most culturally and economically diverse neighborhoods in Chicago and the nation.  Located in the far northeast corner of the city, more than 80 languages are spoken among the community’s 63,000 residents. In Rogers Park, people celebrate diversity and value harmonious living. Residents of differing incomes and ages live side-by-side and work together to build a community where everyone, can live, work and succeed.  “In a city made famous for an accepted and often enforced cultural and socio-economic homogeneity within neighborhoods,” says the Chicago Tribune, “Rogers Park stands almost alone as an exception.”

Edgewater

Given its name, it is not surprising that the neighborhoods of Edgewater are knit together by their enjoyment of the lake; the beaches and the waterfront parks. Also, on the west side of Edgewater, in a dynamic neighborhood with a rich cultural history, is Andersonville.  Andersonville is a neighborhood (located in western Edgewater) on the North Side of Chicago. Once a sleepy little village made up primarily of Swedish immigrants, Andersonville is now one of Chicago’s most popular north side neighborhoods. The community is particularly known for its diversity, including a continued Swedish cultural presence led by the Swedish American Museum, the Swedish Bakery and other Swedish delicatessens.

Today, in addition to being one of the most concentrated areas of Swedish culture in the United States, Andersonville is home to a diverse assortment of devoted residents and businesses, including one of Chicago’s largest gay and lesbian communities, a large collection of Middle Eastern restaurants and bakeries, and a thriving Hispanic commercial area north of Catalpa Avenue.

Andersonville is one of Chicago’s thriving neighborhoods. It also enjoys nationwide renown for its unique commercial district.